Disaster Readiness

Disaster Readiness: It’s essential

The Association’s Disaster Readiness Initiative works to establish public gardens as cornerstones of resilient, healthy communities. The initiative builds capacity and enhances the ability to extol how public gardens can provide solutions to local and global challenges.

Providing disaster preparedness and response resources

Connecting gardens to a peer support network

Growing gardens as leaders in operational sustainability

Providing tools that help gardens achieve financial stability and maintain community relevancy

Facilitating methods for gardens to safeguard and proactively plan for the long-term health of their plant collections

MEET THE Disaster REadiness Specialists

Benefit from subject matter expertise and guidance to develop effective emergency operations plans and increase your knowledge of disaster readiness preparedness and response activities.

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UPCOMING WORKSHOPS

Association Membership Required

How ready is your Public Garden to face extreme weather events and worsening natural hazards? Have you connected with your local emergency management community? Learn the key steps for disaster planning, whether your garden is starting from scratch or strengthening an existing plan.

FIND OUT ABOUT UPCOMING DISASTER READINESS WORKSHOPS ON THE EVENTS LIST

TRAINING FOR PUBLIC GARDENS

Association Login Required

This online training provides practical information you can use for disaster planning at your garden. Learn the key steps for disaster planning through videos and interactive exercises. Download worksheets and explore additional resources to create your own plan. Discover how to build a garden-wide culture of disaster readiness through exercises and drills.

In-Person Regional Workshops

Learn the key steps for disaster planning. Gain valuable guidance from our Disaster Readiness Specialists to align with your community, state, and federal programs. Gather with peers from your FEMA region to discuss challenges and successes, and work through a facilitated scenario-based exercise to support each other before, during, and after a disaster.

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Online Training

This online training provides practical information you can use for disaster planning at your garden. Learn the key steps for disaster planning through videos and interactive exercises. Download worksheets and explore additional resources to create your own plan. Discover how to build a garden-wide culture of disaster readiness through exercises and drills.

LEARN MORE